MEI Scholar
Dr. Frank Tachau
Adjunct Scholar
Experience
- Professor Emeritus at the University of Illinois at Chicago
- Former Chairman of the Political Science Department at the University of Illinois at Chicago
- Visiting professor at several universities including Bilkent University in Ankara, Turkey The Hebrew University in Jersualem, and the University of Chicago
- Associate member at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago
- Authored and co-authored several books on Middle East politics and Turkey, including Turkey: The Politics of Authority, Democracy, and Development (1984), and Political Parties of the Middle East (1994)
Education
- PhD, University of Chicago, 1958
- MA, University of Chicago, 1952
- PhB, University of Chicago, 1949
"...to promote knowledge of the Middle East in America and strengthen understanding of the United States by the people and governments of the region."
-- MEI Mission Statement
-- MEI Mission Statement
